As they walked into the kitchen Harry was suddenly engulfed in the arms of a crying Ginny.
"G-Gin, can't breathe!"
"Oh God Harry I'm so sorry, are you okay?"
"I'm fine Gin but next time could you try not to strangle me?"
"Harry I'm so sorry for all that's happened. I knew Hermione was probably spying but I didn't want to believe it!"
"Oh Ginny, if you're to blame for this then so am I. I knew she was telling the teachers certain things, like McGonagall and the Firebolt and I knew it was probable that she was a spy for Dumbledore but I just didn't want to believe it. Anyway, enough of this let us continue the 1st meeting of the Order of Potter. As we were saying, who do you think is trustworthy enough to be approached?"
"Harry, I think its time our truce with the Slytherins became public knowledge huh?"
"Yeah Ron I think it is. Okay, well at the end of 3rd year Malfoy asking for a truce approached me. He knew that a resurrection of Voldemort was likely and it was what I had always feared. He told me he didn't share his parents views and didn't want any part of the nonsense they we involved in. He told me that it wasn't just him in this truce with Slytherin but Pansy Parkinson, Crabbe, Goyle, Nott, Millie Bullstode and Daphne Greengrass as well. He was also the one who told me not to trust Hermione, although I have to admit Ron and I had wondered about the spying. Anyway we move off topic, we exchanged letters over that summer and I got nearly as close to him as I am to Ron. We share similar experiences when it comes to terrible childhoods after all. Anyway I digress again, we agreed that it should be kept secret between the Slytherins, Ron and I so as not to arouse suspicion. We also agreed that Ron and I should stage a break up for a couple of months at the beginning of 4th year. It was to lull Hermione into a false sense of security and make her complacent when it came to spying. However, it didn't work and Ron and I ended up believing we may have been wrong, yet we were still cautious. The Slytherins, Ron and I got very close and at the beginning of 5th year we brought 5 others into the truce: Ginny, Neville, Luna, who'd been our friend all along, Dean and Seamus. We staged the break up with Seamus too. It made it easier for us to spy on certain people if they thought Seamus believed me delusional as well. I therefore propose that we make this truce public and bring them here to join the..." Harry was suddenly interrupted when a highly agitated owl appeared in front of him. "Morgana? What is it? Has something happened? Oh sorry guys, she's Dray's owl. Lets see what the problem is:
Harry,
Come quick! Father's taking us for marks! Must get us out quick! Nothing we can do! All ready to leave!
Please be quick!
Dray
"Oh my god Dray! Harry we've got to go get him and the rest from Malfoy Manor now! I know he had the wards removed on the quiet so his dad wouldn't know! Come on Harry, I'm not leaving my boyfriend or my best friends in that bastard's clutches any longer!"
"R-Ron d-did you s-say boyfriend?"
"Yes I did Charlie! Now come on can we please go and get them now?"
"Yes Ron your right. Dad, Sirius, Remus, Charlie, Bill, Tonks and Kingsley go get them now and be quick. In and out no heroics." Harry ordered and watched as they left immediately. Ron by now was almost hysterical in his worry over Draco and Ginny was having a similar reaction in her worry over Daphne. Harry pulled Ginny into a tight hug and his mum did the same to Ron. They sat there for what seemed like hours but was merely a few minutes until they heard a voice.
"Well Har, if I didn't know better I'd say you were trying to steal my Ginny!"
"Daphne your safe!" Ginny squealed as she threw herself into the waiting arms of her beloved girlfriend.
"Ugh Guys you know I hate seeing that!"
"Dray?" Ron choked through his hysterical sobs.
"Hey Ron!" Draco stepped into the door closely followed by the others and was quickly engulfed in the loving arms of Ron Weasley. Harry watched them happily but turned soon after to the others and said:
"Was anyone hurt? Is everyone alright?"
"Yeah we're all fine! In fact the only one injured was Snape! He's unconscious and Malfoy insisted we bring him here instead of Hogwarts." Sirius answered.
"Sev? Is he alright?"
"I'm fine Harry!" Severus said as he walked slowly through the door. Harry flung himself at the older man who just held him close telling him he was fine. When Harry extracted himself once more from the older man's arms he turned to see his parents, the adult Weasley's, Tonks, Kingsley, Remus and Sirius looking at him confused.
"Okay I guess I have quite a bit of explaining to do huh? Okay so the truce at the end of 3rd year kinda involved Sev as well. He told me how he and my mum had a similar agreement whilst they were at school. He showed me his pensieve memories too. He helped me a lot during 4th year and 5th year. He became like a godfather to me, especially when I realised my true feelings for Remus and Sirius. The whole thing with Occlumency was kinda staged too. We tried it out as Dumbledore had suggested and I did become accomplished at it but instead of it closing my mind to Voldemort's probing, it just opened it more! We realised how dangerous this was and staged the pensieve incident in order to cover up the stopping of our lessons. We both hoped we'd have enough time for my mind to strengthen once more before Voldemort worked out about the false visions but we were not so lucky as all here know. I wish we had realised sooner but we didn't." Harry trailed off. Sirius walked over to them and pulled Severus into a hug.
"Thank you for being a friend to Harry when he needed it. Thank you for everything you did for him. On behalf of everyone in this room I thank you for everything you have done for Harry!"
"Okay enough with the mushy stuff, I think we should continue with the meeting! Who do we think is trustworthy enough to be brought in on all this?"
"Well there's Dean, Seamus, Neville and Luna of course!"
"Right you are Ginny! Who else do you think? Ron, Dray?"
"Approach the Zabini's, there are of course the Diggory's especially as Cedric's back now! Nev's Gran of course. Then I'd suggest, Ernie Macmillan, Justin Finch-Fetchley, Susan Bones, Cho Chang and Oliver Wood. Oh you could also try Marcus Flint!"
"Good idea Dray! Fred, George any ideas?"
"Hmm. I'd suggest, Lee Jordan of course, then there's Angelina, Alicia and Katie! I know they'd follow you too. Anyone else you can think of George?"
"You should try Parvati and Padma Patil, Lavender Brown, Hannah Abbott and Colin and Dennis Creevey."
"Good! You adults got any idea?"
"Well I'd suggest Dedalus Diggle and Emmeline Vance. They're big on you! What do you think Siri?"
"Hmm Remy? I'd say those two definitely! I'd also suggest Hestia Jones and Mundungus Fletcher!"
"Good ideas! Any others? No? I want you guys to start approaching them today and we'll see who they think may be possibilities. In the meantime, lets just enjoy spending time together." Harry said but little did he know that before the end of the day the Weasley boys were going to suffer a terrible shock that would end up changing all their lives forever.